what is it?
The Rolladen-Schneider LS6 is a 15 metre and 18 metre single-seat flapped glider manufactured by Rolladen-Schneider Flugzeugbau GmbH between 1984 and 2003.
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 43 years ago, in 1983.
- Top speed is 2.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 15 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
no engine: No engine: it glides on rising air.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1983-02
- number built
- 375
- role
- 15 metre class and 18 metre class sailplane
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- makers
- Rolladen Schneider Flugzeugbau
- engines
- none (glider)
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 6.7 m
- wingspan
- 15 m
- height
- 1.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 525 kg
- top speed
- 270 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2163984, Wikipedia: Rolladen-Schneider LS6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.